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In 1958, America's new space agency called NASA la...  ...ched an extensive search for men who would become astronauts . Of 508 candidates, the Mercury 7 were selected v...

There have only been around 600 people who have tr...  ...o have traveled to space. Of the currently-active astronauts , most are scientists and the rest are highly educ...  ...roven that every star has planets," said Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who has spent 4,000 hours in spac...  ...inconceivable that...

It's been more than a year now since astronaut Scott Kelly returned to earth after spending a ye...  ...ation. He and his identical twin brother, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, are the subject of a unique twin stud...  ...fter one year, compared with Mark or with typical astronauts...

In 1966, Robert Lawrence, Jr. had a PhD in physica...  ...made him eminently qualified to be selected as an astronaut . And he was, making Lawrence the first black astronaut ever. However, the space program he was selected...  ...rmine military usefulness of man in space.” Astronau...

NASA has announced the 2017 astronaut candidates who will undergo training for space fl...  ...ny Kim has been selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He will report for duty in Augus...

NASA began the tradition of playing music to wake...  ...A began the tradition of playing music to wake up astronauts in 1965. Since you don't have the normal sunrise...  ...in orbit, it was considered important to regulate astronauts ' sleep time to coordinate with each other and wit...  ...the NASA wake-up cal...

Mark and Scott Kelly are identical twins who were...  ...identical twins who were both selected for NASA's astronaut program. They are the only siblings ever to both...

(Photo of Sally Ride by NASA)In the early days of...  ...tion completely untrue. The New York Times quotes astronaut Dr. Rhea Seddon:In a NASA oral history, Dr. Rhea...  ...eddon:In a NASA oral history, Dr. Rhea Seddon, an astronaut who flew on three space shuttle missions in the 1...  ...thors, whose review inc...

(Photo: NASA)Scott Kelly, an American astronaut , recently returned to Earth after nearly a year o...  ...ficulty with balance, and decreased bone mass: Astronauts no longer walk to get in the spacecraft, they flo...